Modicum \Mod"i*cum\, n. [L., fr. modicus moderate, fr. modus.
See Mode.]
A little; a small quantity; a measured supply. "Modicums of
wit." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Her usual modicum of beer and punch. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
modicum
n : a small or moderate or token amount; "England still expects
a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack
WordNet (r) 2.0
130 Moby Thesaurus words for "modicum":
ace, allotment, allowance, atom, big end, bigger half, bit, bite,
budget, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, commission,
contingent, crumb, cut, cutting, dab, dash, deal, destiny,
dividend, dole, dollop, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, dwarf,
end, equal share, farthing, fate, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gob,
gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, half, halver, handful,
helping, hint, hunk, interest, iota, jot, little, little bit, lot,
lota, lump, measure, meed, mess, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite,
moiety, molecule, morsel, mote, nutshell, ounce, paring, part,
particle, pebble, percentage, piece, pinch, pittance, point,
portion, proportion, quantum, quota, rake-off, rasher, ration,
scintilla, scoop, scrap, scruple, segment, shard, share, shaving,
shiver, shred, slice, sliver, small share, smidgen, smidgin,
smitch, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, spark, speck,
splinter, spoonful, spot, stake, stitch, stock, stump, suggestion,
tatter, thimbleful, tinge, tiny bit, tittle, touch, trifle,
trifling amount, trivia, whit
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